THE ECOSYSTEM

An ecosystem framework incorporates the broader environment within which organizations operate. This framework is particularly important for investors and social entrepreneurs, who leverage complex systems of interacting players in rapidly evolving political, economic, physical, and cultural environments (Bloom & Dees, 2008).

To create a vibrant social impact ecosystem, we must know the players and work to expand the connections between them:

Investors provide the capital.

Enterprises create the opportunities to connect capital to both social impact and financial return.

Intermediaries help investors find worthy social impact enterprises.

Enabling organizations provide nonfinancial resources and support to help enterprise emerge and grow.

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"I started by asking a question… How can we eliminate inequity and catalyze transformation by leveraging the assets and expertise that exist within communities?" Meet Jason Martin from Community Guilds, who created a program called STE(A)M Truck, which deploys a growing fleet of mobile makerspaces filled with real tools and local experts and parks it where kids, and their teachers, can tackle real problems, design solutions and build things together. Learn more about their #GeorgiaImpact here: https://gasocialimpact.com/jason-martin-of-community-guilds/ ... See more

The Emory Impact Investing Group, comprised of Emory College and Emory University Goizueta Business School undergraduate students, invites you to an energizing, educational, and empowering evening focused on the Atlanta entrepreneurship community. Join them on Thursday, November 15th, 2018 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at 1300 Clifton Road, Room W525, Atlanta, GA 30322.

The Global Social Venture Competition is back for its 20th year of turning ideas into impact! If you are a young start-up aiming to make a difference in the world using technology for good, apply to compete in #GSVC2019 to win up to $80,000 in prizes! The deadline to apply is December 3. Learn more at www.gsvc.org. ... See more

Meet Judith of PeachDish: Judith’s food philosophy can be captured in the words of Carlo Petrini, the man behind the Slow Food Movement: “Food should be the most important purchase that you make because it’s the only thing that literally becomes you.” Read more about this innovative enterprise here: https://gasocialimpact.com/judith-winfrey-of-peachdish/ ... See more

Meet Jasmine of GoodrCo.: "For me it started with hunger. I had been working to feed those in our community experiencing homelessness. I was working hard each week to gather food, cook, and serve long lines of individuals on the street- I thought there had to be a better way and that led me to do research on food waste." Read more: https://gasocialimpact.com/jasmine-crowe-of-goodr/ ... See more